Stovepipe-holder



Patented Har- 1,1921.

. INVENTOR 6 2m" AM BY ATIORNEY To aZZ'w/zom it may concern Parent @FE'HQEh;

GRAY H. MOFFETT, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

STOVEPIPE-HOLDER.

Speeification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed October 31, 1919. Serial No. 334,899.;

Be it known that I, GRAY H. Morrnrr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Birmingham, in the county of J efferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Stovepipe-Holders, of which the following is a specification. V

-My invention relates to an improved type of stove pipe holder which is especially adapted for use with dilferent' thicknesses of flue walls.

My invention contemplates the provlsion of an adjustable bracket anchored at its forward end preferably by attachment to the stove pipe collar and having its rear end projecting deeply into the chimney flue and provided with a downwardly and forwardly inclined leg which, due to its length and flexibility, can be bent to fit flue walls within the customary variations in thicle adapt the bracket on its portion which overtion, the dotted line showing the bracket leg hangs within the flue to hold an adjustable clip which serves to stop and interlock with the inner end of the stove pipe.

My invention also comprises the novel details of construction and arrangements of parts, which in their preferred embodiment only, are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the flue walls showing apparatus in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my invenadjustedto fit a thicker flue wall. I

Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the adjustabl pipe holding clip.

Similar reference numerals refer to simi lar parts throughout the drawings.

I have illustrated my invention in corn nection with a chimney fine 1 having a front wall 2 provided with the customary hole for the reception of the inner end of the stove pipe 3. A collar 4 surrounds the pipe and conceals the pipe hole in the customary manner.

My invention comprises a bracket adapted hold it firmly 1n place. The chp 10, prior to be inserted through the stove pipe hole 'with a top leg 5 which projects outwardly through the hole below the pipe and has its outer end down-turned at 6 and provided with a bolt hole to receive the bolt 7 which attaches it to the collar 4:. It will be ob- Patented Mar. 1,1921.

served that the top member 5 of thebracket pro ects deeply into the chimney flue and y then joins the downwardly and forwardly inclined flexible member Twhich at its forward end is down-turned. at .8 forming a flange which engages theinner face of the front fluewall 2. By bending this member 7 down, asillustrated by dotted line showing in Fig. 2, it will be apparent that the bracket can be set to flue walls 2 of any ordii nary variation inthickness, thus enabling the same bracket to have almost, universalv use and avoidlng, the necesslty of stocking different sized-bracketsto fitdiflerent thick nesses of fiuewalls. i

At a point on the bracket memberoivhich I w would project beyond flue. wallsnofmini mum thickness Iprovide' a series of adjust-- ment holes and a screw bolt -9, is passed through one ofthe'se holes 8" to secure on the .top faceof themember 5 a stove pipe holdlng clip 10. This clip is mounted on the bracket in position to bring its hook-like 7 end 11 into position at the inner end of the flue hole and a lip 12 is provided by bending up the inner end of the stove pipe and adapted to be shifted into interlocking engage ment with the hook 11 after the pipe. has been thrust the proper distance into the flue hole and turned about its long. axis; The

clip is provided at its rear end with'a depressed tongue 18 sospaced relatively to the :1

bolt hole in the clip that this tongue will engage in one of the holes 8 and by'this arrangement the clip is held from .turning about the bolt and can be adjusted length wise along the bracket until the tongue reaches the innermost .hole 8*. The length of the bracket is such that the range of adjustment for the clip will takecare of the normal variationsof the thickness of the flue wall 2. r

In operation, the front flange 6 of the bracket is boltedto the collar and the bracket is thrust through the stove pipe hole,'the member 7 having previously been adjusted to the thickness of the wall 2, and adapted,

when in position, to yieldingly engage the flue wall and exert a spring pressure which tends to draw the collar to the wall and to mounting the bracket, has been adjusted to bring its hookinoposition to overhang I into the inner end of the flue hole.

inner end and is thrust through the collar until its end strikes the clip when the pipe is turned until its lip 12 interlocks with the clip hook 11, whereupon it will be Seen that the clip will prevent axial movement in either direction of the stove pipe and will hold the latter and the collar yieldingly in position.

- My invention may be varied in its detailed construction without departing from the novel principles set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A stove pipe andcollar holder, comprising a bracket having a top member which projects through the stove pipe flue hole and overhangs deeply into the flue and is there joined by a down-turned forwardly inclined member adapted to be bent relatively to the bracket top to adjust it to varying thicknesses of "flue walls, in combination with means to aflix the forward end of the top bracket member to a stove pipe collar, and means to mount an adjustable pipe stop and fastening clip on the overhung inside, portion of the bracket.

2. stove pipe holder comprising, in combination, a bracket formed of'a bent metal bar having a horizontal top leg and a downa collar therefore, and a flue having a hole for the stove pipe, of a bracket formed of a bent metal bar having its upper leg inserted through the flue hole, means to attach the outer end ofsaid bracket leg to the collar,

the inner end of said bracket leg'projecting a substantial distance beyondthe surface of flue wall-and having perforations in its overhung portion a clip adjustably mounted on the bracket by anchoring means passing through said perforations, means to interlock the inner end of the stove pipe with said clip to hold the pipe against axial movement, and a long, forwardly and downwardly inclined leg of the'bracket adapted to be bent to yieldingly engage the inner surface of flue walls of varying thickness, substantially as described. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. I

V, GRAY H. MOFFETT, Witness: 1 i

NoMIE WELSH. 

